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Wiluna has from 200 to 600 Aboriginal people living within its community, depending upon the nature, time and place of the traditional law ceremonies across the Central Desert region. The traditional Aboriginal owners (a grouping known as the Martu) were "settled" as a consequence of the British colonisation process that began in the 1800s. In ...
Bidyadanga, also known as La Grange, is the largest Aboriginal community in Western Australia, with a population of approximately 750 residents.It is located 180 kilometres (110 mi) south of Broome and 1,590 kilometres (990 mi) from the state capital Perth, in the Kimberley region.
Aurukun / ær ə ˈ k uː n / [2] is a town and coastal locality in the Shire of Aurukun and the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. [3] [4] It is an Indigenous community.In the 2021 census, the locality of Aurukun had a population of 1,101 people, of whom 997 (88.7%) identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.
Kuku Yalanji (also known as Gugu Yalanji, Kuku Yalaja, and Kuku Yelandji) is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Mossman and Daintree areas of North Queensland.The language region includes areas within the local government area of Shire of Douglas and Shire of Cook, particularly the localities of Mossman, Daintree, Bloomfield River, China Camp, Maytown, Palmer, Cape Tribulation and Wujal ...
According to R. H. W. Reece in his book "Aborigines and Colonists," local tradition states that Nunn's party of Mounted Police was involved in at least one more large melee with local Aboriginal people before the party left the Plains. Major Nunn's Campaign (as it was known in the district) did not prevent further racial conflict.
Many Aboriginal organisations are based in the Karratha area. The Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation is the registered native title body corporate. [7] The Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation Ltd (NYFL) is the representative body for many Traditional Owners across the area. NYFL delivers social, cultural and economic empowerment programs and social ...
The community is managed through its incorporated body, Papulankutia Community Incorporated, which is one of several communities managed by the Ngaanyatjarra Council. [5] The Council is an Aboriginal corporation , incorporated in March 1981, that is the main body overseeing in a large group of Ngaanyatjarra service delivery organisations, some ...
Woombye is located on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia, approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of the Brisbane CBD.The name is derived from words from the local Aboriginal language - a place (wumbai) of black snake, or (wambai) black myrtle or axe handle made from black myrtle.